Weekly Roundup 42

🚗OEM

1. Renault raises 2023 outlook on new models, cost cuts (Link)

2. Aston Martin & Lucid announce long-term EV partnership (Link)

3. Mercedes brings F1 technology to the AMG S 63 E Performance (Link)

4. Despite EV delivery delays, Faraday Future raises $90M to stay afloat (Link)

5. Ex-Audi boss convicted of fraud in diesel emissions scandal (Link)

6. BMW breaks ground on new US battery facility, furthering South Carolina as its new EV hub (Link)

7. Porsche Is Having Second Thoughts About Replacing Its Hottest Seller With An EV (Link)

8. Tesla Gigafactory Mexico To Begin Car Production In Q1 2025: Report (Link)

9. How Porsche plans to grow margins with luxury and speed (Link)

⚡EV

1. Polestar Is Latest Automaker to Adopt Tesla’s NACS Charging Standard (Link)

2. CATL in talks to establish multiple battery recycling sites in Europe with eyes on North America next (Link)

3. Germany to earmark $983M in subsidies for EV charging points (Link)

4. World champion in torque density: ZF presents most compact e-drive for passenger cars (Link)

5. The Switch From CCS1 To Tesla's NACS Connector Is Expected To Kill The J1772 AC Plug (Link)

6. SAE To Standardize NACS Connector As EV Charging Tide Turns Toward Tesla (Link)

7. Volkswagen Confirms Talks With Tesla Over NACS Charging Standard (Link)

8. CharIN NACS Task Force List Includes Over 50 Companies... But Not Tesla (Link)

9. Solid-State Batteries Get Another Step Closer — “Breakthrough In Stabilization” (Link)

10. GM buys software startup that predicts EV battery fires (Link)

11. indie Semiconductor Launches Unparalleled Automotive Wireless Charging Solution (Link)

12. Tesla acquiring wireless charging developer Wiferion (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization, Autonomous

1. First electric bike with ChatGPT unveiled, and it’s as weird as it sounds (Link)

2. Mercedes-Benz addresses Level 3 legalities; lawyers say uncertainty lingers (Link)

3. Tesla Dojo supercomputer is finally coming next month (Link)

4. Stellantis aims to relieve charging anxiety with new service for EV users (Link)

5. Air Mobility Startup Lygg Raises €3.6 Million to Reduce Time and Costs Associated with Business Travel (Link)

6. How Does Tesla Car Wash Mode Work? (Link)

7. BlackBerry Software Is Now Embedded In Over 235 Million Vehicles (Link)

8. Wind River and Samsung team to advance the software-defined vehicle (Link)

9. Smart Eye Signs Breakthrough Deal for AIS Driver Monitoring System for Fleets with Linde (Link)

10. Audi begins roll-out of artificial intelligence for quality control of spot welds (Link)

11. Charging stations on the blockchain will be the killer app for EVs (Link)

12. How Your New Car Tracks You (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. $1.5 billion ‘Ultra Mega Project’ to spread Gogoro’s battery-swapping electric scooters (Link)

2. Porsche Put Its Macan EV Motors In A Luxury Electric Yacht (Link)

3. Volvo’s heavy-duty electric truck runs 12 hours a day with one charge break, can haul 74 tons (Link)

4. VW Is Exploring Opportunities For Electrification In Africa’s Burgeoning 2-Wheeler Market (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Ferrari: SF90 XX Stradale and SF90 XX Spider: the first road-going cars in the XX programme (Link)

2. Tesla’s Advertising Efforts Shift Into Higher Gear: Ads Appear On Google (Link)

3. Formula E team caught using RFID scanner that could grab live tire data from other cars (Link)

4. In Iran, a restorer brings back to life famed Cadillac Sevilles once assembled in the country (Link)